Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs

Lyle Waggoner, the dashingly handsome actor whose trail of shows includes "The Carol Burnett Show" and "Wonder Woman", put Hollywood on the back burner in 1979. That's when Playgirl's first centerfold model founded Star Waggons, which leases custom-made trailers to the entertainment industry for on-location work for movies and TV shows. These days the privately held company boasts a fleet of nearly 500 vehicles and a staff of more than 65, according to Star Waggon's website. "I saw an opening, a void, and I filled it," Waggoner told the Los Angeles Times, which cites Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and Warner Brothers as customers. In that same article, Waggoner said he had had no prior business experience, and attributed his early success to a strong entrepreneurial spirit.